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This article is sponsored byPreVeil, a provider of end-to-end encrypted email and file sharing systems designed to protect critical information and simplify CMMC, NIST 800-171, and ITAR compliance.

Achieving complete cybersecurity is a never-ending pursuit, especially as the number of cyberattacks continues to rise. Thats why the National Security Agency (NSA) recommends a Zero Trust framework, which assumes that a breach is inevitable or has already occurred. Additionally, the Department of Defense (DoD) is increasing its compliance requirements for contractors, making it more important than ever to implement robust and effective security measures. To remain competitive and demonstrate the ability to protect critical information, manufacturers, especially in the defense sector, have to show compliance with stringent cybersecurity standards, such as ITAR, CMMC, and NIST 800-171.

To assist,PreVeiloffers end-to-end encrypted email and file sharing systems designed to protect Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) while also simplifying compliance. In addition to the product itself, PreVeil provides a complete compliance package, including documentation, templates, definitions, training videos, and more to educate customers and simplify their compliance process.

We strive to simplify security and compliance for manufacturers with an emphasis on ease of use and assisting our customers throughout their security and compliance journey, says Sanjeev Verma, chairman and co-founder of PreVeil. Our solutions are geared towards reducing the cost burden that often comes with achieving compliance, which is of paramount importance to our manufacturing customers.

Through the use of Zero Trust security, PreVeil ensures that information is only encrypted and decrypted on a users device, making it useless to attackers if hacked. PreVeils cybersecurity solutions are trusted by more than 800 defense manufacturers, financial institutions, law firms, consumer-focused businesses, and more.

Sanjeev Verma (SV):PreVeil is a company that builds end-to-end encrypted email and file sharing systems. These products are generally used by manufacturing companies, particularly defense contractors, as well as law firms, and financial institutions. What distinguishes us is that we offer arguably some of the best cybersecurity in the world. Defense contractors, law firms, and financial firms use us because we sit at the cusp of not only providing best-in-class cybersecurity solutions but also simplifying their compliance mandates.

As the world is moving forward, theres a greater demand for cybersecurity as well as compliance. For these regulated segments such as manufacturing, particularly for defense, we sit at the intersection of providing simple solutions that can reduce the cost and complexity of both cybersecurity and compliance for these companies.

SV:We are seeing increasing compliance requirements imposed on companies. In the defense segment, companies are required to protect critical information, which should be self-evident, but they are increasing regulations to protect whats called Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). This includes contract information, defense designs, and so forth, that manufacturers have in their possession.

Specific compliance regimes that drive the adoption of our products include NIST 800-171, which is part of federal defense contracts; CMMC, which is an upcoming regulation that requires manufacturers to prove they are adequately protecting information; and ITAR, which involves defense companies and others sending information overseas.

With an increased emphasis on compliance, customers often come to us to get a clearer understanding of what the compliance regulations ask of them. CMMC, NIST 800-171, and ITAR can be very complex for a manufacturer to understand, so we assist customers in simplifying those complex regulations and providing them with an understanding of what is required of them. Then, we explain how PreVeils encrypted email and file-sharing systems can be used to provide the security and compliance these regulations require, while also simplifying and reducing the cost of their security and compliance journey.

SV:We simplify compliance with an uncompromising focus on cybersecurity. One way that we differentiate ourselves is that we dont cut corners to make you compliant. We come in and provide you with the best cybersecurity available anywhere in the world and yet simplify your compliance because our products are very easy to use. We provide an entire solution not only do we provide the product itself but also the full compliance package. We help our customers adopt our products as well as provide the documentation needed to ultimately get compliance.

We also have a series of help articles and videos that we call PreVeil University. Once you have the product and the documentation, you can then go to PreVeil University to get any of your questions answered regarding compliance and security.

At the end of the day, we are true to our mission of protecting critical information. We remain laser-focused on a security-first approach to compliance while bearing in mind, simplify, simplify, simplify.

SV:The entire federal government is now requiring NIST 800-171 compliance as the framework by which suppliers to the government, particularly the Defense Department, need to demonstrate security. NIST 800-171 is a series of 110 controls that need to be implemented in order to show that you are adequately protecting information in your systems, whether it be on phones, computers, or elsewhere.

A defense contractor used our system, and a United States Defense Department audit authority audited that customer for NIST 800-171 compliance. Our customer achieved a perfect 110 out of 110 controls. They used PreVeil in conjunction with other policies and procedures, and the combined result was the highest level of score for their system.

This not only proves that they were successfully protecting defense information, but it also provides a competitive advantage. Now, when prime contractors are looking for a supplier, this customer will be able to demonstrate their perfect compliance score.

SV:Compliance is a primary trend, but the other large trend is cybersecurity itself, particularly a concept referred to by the US government as Zero Trust. A lot of systems are protected by whats called perimeter defense. This means that security systems such as firewalls and others have been put in place to prevent attackers from accessing the information. What modern cybersecurity has recognized is that no matter how good the perimeter is, attackers will still get through because they are very sophisticated.

PreVeil was founded out of research at MIT using this principle of Zero Trust, which means we assume that everybody, including PreVeil, will be attacked. Systems that employ Zero Trust cybersecurity protect your information even when an attacker is able to access it.

We achieve this through end-to-end encryption. This means that emails and files remain encrypted at all times the only person who can decrypt it is the recipient. Even if the attacker gets to the servers where this information is stored, all they will get is gibberish because the information remains encrypted, and there are no keys available on those servers to decrypt them. End-to-end encryption represents one of the key frameworks by which Zero Trust is accomplished.

For more information about their end-to-end email and file sharing encryption systems, contact PreVeil today orbook a demo.

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